HMS Diana by Caldercraft

[HMSFly]

For the lucky one who will build the Diana later: I have found another major error in the instructions!
To simulate the iron reinforcement bands around the mast, you have to glue 2.5mm strips of the supplied cartridge paper around the dowel (mast).
But the drawings state (see photo) that three strips are also glued around the 2x3 mm strip (in the front of the mast). This is wrong! The instruction text clearly states that the strips must be glued under the 2x3mm strip. See also photo of the box.
I added some pictures of how to most easily (in my opinion) glue the cartridge straps around the dowel.
And for attaching the woolding (with black thread) there is a simple trick which is applied to the plan of the Amati HMS Fly...
Hopefully it helps!

 

[Tony H]

For the lucky one who will build the Diana later: I have found another major error in the instructions!
To simulate the iron reinforcement bands around the mast, you have to glue 2.5mm strips of the supplied cartridge paper around the dowel (mast).
But the drawings state (see photo) that three strips are also glued around the 2x3 mm strip (in the front of the mast). This is wrong! The instruction text clearly states that the strips must be glued under the 2x3mm strip. See also photo of the box.
I added some pictures of how to most easily (in my opinion) glue the cartridge straps around the dowel.
And for attaching the woolding (with black thread) there is a simple trick which is applied to the plan of the Amati HMS Fly...
Hopefully it helps!

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Thanks for the tip I'll be checking your log as I build mine if I ever finish my Constitution.

Tony

 

[AllanKP69]

From RMG, masts for a 38 gun and 36 gun as well as the drawing from Lees' Masting and Rigging. Hope it helps a little.
Allan

 

[iutar]

From Steel

 

[AllanKP69]

Note that there are wooden hoops to contain and protect the rope woolding in the drawings above from both Lees and Steel. You may find the posts on making these helpful as they are very easy to make.

https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/tricks-of-the-trade.15492/page-2#post-412789 Starting with Post #31

Allan

 

[HMSFly]

Note that there are wooden hoops to contain and protect the rope woolding in the drawings above from both Lees and Steel. You may find the posts on making these helpful as they are very easy to make.

https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/tricks-of-the-trade.15492/page-2#post-412789 Starting with Post #31

Allan

It's a good thing I have 2 guardian angels...

 

[HMSFly]

Note that there are wooden hoops to contain and protect the rope woolding in the drawings above from both Lees and Steel. You may find the posts on making these helpful as they are very easy to make.

https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/tricks-of-the-trade.15492/page-2#post-412789 Starting with Post #31

Allan

Allan,

So I should add wooden rings : is this correct?

See your previous log:

The rope was nailed in place, but to protect against wear and to help keep them in place, the wooden rings were nailed above and below to protect the rope winding. The size of the wooldings themselves was 0.2 X the main stay in all cases according to Lees in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War. I am guessing they would be similar for other nationalities. There were typically twelve wraps of woolding rope. I cannot find anything regarding the sizes of the wooden rings on top and under the rope of the wooldings but estimate these based on contemporary drawings and drawings in Lees.
If the wooden rings are too thick, chuck the mast in a drill or lathe and sand the rings so the thickness is similar to the diameter of the rope....

 

[AllanKP69]

So I should add wooden rings : is this correct?

The example I gave was to show how to make them and are not exactly to scale. Since I posted them I read further and found that the wooden hoops were 1.5 inches wide and thick enough to stand slightly proud of the rope woolding themselves (based on contemporary models and drawings from James Lees.) Whether or not you add them is up to you. If realism is important to you, yes, add them as this was normal until 1800. A lot of modern models ignore these so you would not be alone if you leave them off. As a point of interest ships masted after 1800 had no rope wooldings of any kind, but rather iron bands under the rubbing paunch on the forward side of the mast and cheeks on the sides as well as iron hoops over the paunch and under the cheeks.
Allan

 

[HMSFly]

The progress with the masts..

 

[HMSFly]

Work in progress...

 

[HMSFly]

The progress is slow but mast assembly instructions are not complete. I therefore consult the bible (one of the..): see picture
The result is the Mizzen mast...

Cheers

Marc

 

[HMSFly]

A few more images. The last few days I have thoroughly gone through the book again to add details that are not included in the drawings (such as the sheaves...).